Shire (disambiguation)
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A shire is a type of regional division in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking nations.
Shire may also refer to:
Places
[edit]UK
[edit]- Four Shire Stone, where four English counties once met each other
- Shire Brook, in South Yorkshire, England
- Shire Country Park, a park south of Birmingham, England
- The Shires, a collective term for the counties of England ending in shire or rural England in general; see Shire § "The Shires"
US
[edit]- Shires of Virginia, local government units in the U.S. state
- The Shire or New Hampshire, informal designation of the U.S. state
Other
[edit]- Shire, Ethiopia, a town and a district in Tigray region
- Shire, Mawal, a village in Mawal taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, India
- Shire Highlands, a plateau in southern Malawi east of the Shire River
- Shire River, a river in Malawi and Mozambique
- Apostolic Vicariate of Shire, a Roman Catholic territorial jurisdiction in what was then Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malawi)
- The Shire or Sutherland Shire, a suburban region of southern Sydney, Australia
Buildings
[edit]- Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, a building
- Shire Hall, Newport, Wales, a building
Enterprises
[edit]- Shire Books, a British publisher of books on history, heritage and antiques
- Shire Foods, a manufacturer of pies, pasties, and sausage rolls based in Warwickshire, England
- Shire (pharmaceutical company), a British speciality pharmaceuticals company
Literature
[edit]- The Shire, a region in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- The Shires, a 1974 poetry collection by Donald Davie
Music
[edit]- The Shires (duo), a British country music duo
- The Shire (soundtrack), part of the soundtrack of The Fellowship of the Ring
Names
[edit]- Shire (name), a traditional Somali name, including a list of people with the name
- Shires (surname), including a list of people with the name
Shopping centres
[edit]- The Shires, former name of the English shopping centre now known as Highcross Leicester
- The Shires Shopping Centre, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Other uses
[edit]- Battle of Shire (1936), a battle of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
- Battle of Shire (2022), a battle of the Tigray War
- East Stirlingshire F.C. or the Shire, a Scottish football club
- Shire horse, a large breed of draft horse
- The Shire (TV series), an Australian reality television series